Glen Aros

Embark on an adventure in Glen Aros

Close to our offices on Mull, there’s a delightful woodland with an historic graveyard hidden among the trees. The medieval chapel of Cill an Ailean once stood here: its graveyard is now a peaceful place with some fascinating headstones.

There’s a circular route through the forest here too, or you can set off on an adventure to Loch Frisa. These longer routes are mostly suitable for cyclists, but walkers and horse riders are welcome too.

The oldest stones in the graveyard, with simple carvings of a cross or a sword, date back to the 1300s and 1400s. Most of headstones you’ll see are from the 1700s and 1800s: see if you can spot the names of Mull families like the MacLeans, McPhersons and Campbells.